<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[CO-OP NEWS]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://cooptv.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Coop Anti-War Cafe Berlin]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://cooptv.wordpress.com/author/zeitgeistmusic/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[[Consortium News]  Should US Ally with Al Qaeda in&nbsp;Syria?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a name="article490971"></a></p>
<div id="a_text" class="article_text">The new U.S. “group think” is that Russian President Putin broke his promise to attack only the Islamic State when his warplanes hit other rebel targets in Syria. But Putin never limited which terrorists he’d hit and the targeted rebel coalition includes Al Qaeda’s affiliate, as Robert Parry reports. <a href="https://consortiumnews.com/2015/10/01/should-us-ally-with-al-qaeda-in-syria/" rel="nofollow">https://consortiumnews.com/2015/10/01/should-us-ally-with-al-qaeda-in-syria/</a></div>
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